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The Assassination

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Abraham Lincoln

Funeral Train Route

New York City, New York

April 24-25, 1865

Excerpts from newspapers and other

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From the files of the
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

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ifWni'or's Office,
HCtriM ¥orfe, Slpril 15, ISGo.

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Ctcittlcmni — aHiraljain Hiitrolit, tijc JJrrsi&cnt of tfje
Onitctr States, is ItralJ. 2©itij iitrpprrssillc fjorror £ an=
nouiicc to i>ou tjis rbcnt, roujjlrH as it toas toitf) biolriicc.
Sust at tijc momrnt lufjrit peace IicQau its iJatoit obrr an
afHictrtr lantr, tijis tirratitiil tiloto fell on Ijtin on tofjom its
Ijcstinics scemeti to HepenU.

Your JD^onoraiilr a3oi3i>, £■ am sure, toill taftc appropriate
action, in faiclo of tijis aiuful iiispcnsation, to sijjnifi.' tijose
sentiments of pulilic respect anlr grief, Jrue alific to tije cpaltcij
station anU fearful Ueatf) of tije ©Ijicf fttagistratc of tfje
jninitelr States, toijicl) noiu pcrbalie our toI)oIc people, aniJ f)abc
plunscU tjem m unibcrsal liistrcss anli miscrj?.

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WIS '^ tv £ as , Ef)e fifrc^j gloom iioto }jrrfaalitng tje jieoprc
of tfjis citJ»; tSc rrtrrunl ntanifrstatioii of sorrotu anir grfcf
ti)at IS rrjirrsscJi oit rbrrn rouittcnaurc; tijat is seen bn tf)c
flags, so latrli) flasljiug triuntpijaiTtln front a tfjousantt staffs,
noto trailing mournfulln at f)alf=inast; in tf)c trarfe anfir somfirc
Irraprrirs itoto flotning oit our jjulilic ana pribatc Imil&ings,
aiiJj in ti)c uiiibrrsal Iirsponliriiri) so bibiJjIi) portranrSr fitj tj)c
tDorJjs aiiO actions of tijosr of our ritijcns, lnj)0, liut Bestrr&as,
torrc rjrulting anir jonous ofarr tfjc fonir anticipation of a rc=
gcnrratrlr anfir unitclr countri.', informs us, in tijc most unmis*
tafeablc manner, t[)at a fitrcalrtul calamitn ijas fallen upon our
countrn; tfjat Cfofir f)as, for some toisc purpose of Jliis obon,
anir to reminfir us, in tijc most forcible manner, of our total
IrepenBrenre upon ?i)im, firasfjcfif tfjc cup of glafirness from our

lips, aittr f)ns siifistitutrti for tt one of t\jc hittcvcst sorroto;
ait& It IS, in bcrn trcclr, a sorrolnful trnj) for our rountri?.
©itr (fTfjirf ittasistrntr, rijosrn to jjrrsitrt obcr tfjc trcstiiiirs
of tf)irti) millions of people, fias firm stricfecu itotoir in tljc
IjanH of mi assassin, an& notu lies, an inanimate rorpsr, at tf)c
CTapital of tijr nation Ijc I)atr sabcJi. Slliraijam Hinroln, J3rrs«
iHrnt of tijc SlnitrB States, Jjas tjjus firm rallrB, suJi&rnls
anlr itnrvprrtrDIi), irforr tijc jjiulismrnt Scat, antr our tofjolc
rountri) is rallrB upon to mount f)is loss. Z'&dl man tfjc
propic mourn. JLYis loss to tijrm is irrrparalilc ; anii,

OTfjcrcas, in tJjr unibrrsal sorrotu for t[)c irratij of
tl)c cprrat anlr tjooti man — tijc .sabior of tJjc lirpulilir — anlt of
rrcrration at tfjr manner of i)is tiratlj, anlr tfjr bile instrument
tijat aeeomplisJjelr it, it is t[)e manifest net sorrotoful irutn of
tJje Common Council to participate. ?i.)c bras fast lieromina
tf)c ilrol of our people, inelulrina tl)ose luf)o at tlje commnTcc=
mmt of J)is career Iroulitelr tlje toislrom anlr intcfiriti? of Ijis

motibcs. 3l)is molitration in tjc Jour of trinntpij obcv ti)c
enemies of i)is rountri?; ijis gcnerositn nntr masnantmitj? to
tjr fallrii fors of tljc jtvcpulilir ; fjis lrrtfrmine&, Hiistorrbins
ntijcrrnrr to toi)nt jjc roitsitrrrra tijr best interests of tjje
nation ; J)is earnestness of pnrpose, anlr iiet true repuIiUean
binlrness anJr affabiliti) of cijaractcr anii simplieit)) of manner
— a simplicitn tfjat eost i)int ijis life, as it inHneeii fjim to a'joili
tafeing site!) preeautions as tooulli ijabe prebentca tje occnr=
reucc of surij a calamity as is [jis ireati) — Jatr enlrcare& j)im
to tlje people, anlr [)a& IrJr tijrm to resarli f)int as one pe=
culiarl" ftttclr, if not preaestineJi, to sabe tije llepublie from
Srismemberment, anU to restore tfje conntrn to tfje blessings
of a lasting peace, an& of inauguratins a fnture of nnparaU
leleir prosperitn anti l)appiness; be it, tijerefore.

1* e s 0 I b e ir , STfjat, in orber to gibe expression to tlje
sorrotD ctperiencelr bn tfje people of tijis citi) for l)is JrcatJ.
ana in orSer to afforb tijem an cpportnnitn of manifesting

tfjrir grtrf, tfjr piililir offirrs anlr liuilliinQS of tijc Corporation
lie riosrir for tfjc trcinsntrtton of fiusiitrss, until tjjr Srni) sitc=
ccctttng tjfjc solrmnijntion of fjis funeral ritrs anlr rrrrmonics ;
tijat iJDC rccommcnir to our citttcus, also, to rlosc tijcir vt-
spcctibc places of Justness for tjc same perioJr; tfjat tije flaas
be Jrisplanelr on all tijt pufiUc l)uillring;s, anfir tfje otoners or
occupants of prifaatc builiiinss, ana tlje masters antt otoners
of tl)c sljipping in our f)ari)or, lie requestetr to ttisptan ti)eCr
flags at f)alf=mast Jruring tlje same periolr; tljat tje eljamljers
of earl) branrl) of tlje (Common (ftouneil, an& tl)e public ljuil&=
trings anft offices be trrapeU in mourning for a periolr of tl)irtn
lrai»s; anlr tljat a Special Committee of fibe members from
eacl) branrlj of tl)e Common Council be appointeU to perfect
tljc abobe, anfir to mafee suclj otijer arrangements as in tijcir
I'u&gment man seem fitting anlr appropriate, to tcstifi? tljrir
sorroto for tl)e iieati), autt tljcir respect for tlje memorn of
tl)c illustrious Ircccascii.

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Bbtant'b Oub voa. tub Bokixl or AuaA-
HA-u LiMCOLN. At tho great meeting; in Ncvr
York on Tuf<Kifty afwmoou, tho followinij ode,
Wiiiien b/ William C Uiyuut oa^'uwUa/ uiom-
iujj, was read by Ucv. Dr. 0«;:ood :

Oil, "low to Hinito anil awiil to rii.dra,

Gentle, ami uii-reilul, and Just I
^\'h", in tho leiir ol Odd, didst bi-ivr

'I'bu Bword of i)OWur, u uutiou'u iriu>t.

In iiorrow by tliy bur we nland,
Amid the awe that I'U-ibea ;iil.
And .■'lioiiU the Hni;ul.-.h oi ii l.md
I Thai fhuok >vith hunur at thy tail.

Thy tiihk la (louo;

tile hind are irei";
iieiu' thoo to un h.niorod ijravj,

Tho brokou loltera ol the sl.ivo.

rui-e wuH thy life; it^ hlmi.l^ tlo^o

llalh jihiced thee vvilh tli.i .sjiis ol' lirfht,

AniiaiK tlie noble host ol' tho^>

\Vhy pcri.-<lied In theoause of rl;,'Ut.

Mn. IIanouoft'b Funekai. Okatiox ou Mr.
l.iimilii i- published id yo-tfi-.i..y'a New York
I'MiKTS. In I'unx; of tbon^it, coniprid-<iou o'
niaticr, and di^Cnity of tone, it ranU.s wdti the
lublcai pioilucis ol biM mind. W'r j;ivu b.l.)A' the
I onion.-- ri Uiliu^to ti o I'lotlamaiioiiol' Km luripj-
lioi), the "iiriiniu-y iille;;iiincii" ol tiic nUvo.-i, tho
I onbiitnlioiial Amcudiiiuut, iiuj thcu>urii.itiou of
General Sl.crinuu:

Above overjlhiiig obic, hlb Jjrjclnm ition of tho Brit
d:iy of Jiiuuaij, IhOJ, dechain;; thiJUi,'hout the
jiiirlu of tho country in rebellion Ihu iVe^vijm of all
l,ci>ons who havo boon held i\» slaves, must bo af
Iliuiod and uniintiuuod. liventd, us th.-y roUod on-
ward, have removed every doubt of the Ijg ility and
biudinc Ibrce cf that proelauiation. Tao cDUntry
and the Ktbel Governniont have each I.iidclaliu to
the public oervlce of the blavu, an.l yet but one o the
two can havo a rl{,'htlul claim to .~ueh s ;rvico. That
iit;htful claim belon'js to tho United St iteJ, bocau30
every one born on their 8oil, with the fjv oxoiptlona
ol the children of travellers and tiaiiMlcut residents,
owes Iheni a primary idleKi.Jiee. Every one so b)rn
has been cc.untcd ainone those roprejentel m Oon-
t;rena; e\cry hlave has over been rcprcsepteJ In Con-
t'reSii— imperfectly and wrongly it may— but still has
been counted and ropresenled. The slave born on
our soil owed aJlegianco to tho (genera) covernmjnt.
It may in time past ha >o been a qualilied allegiance,
iiiauilcsled throU},'b bis master, aa the allegiance of a
V aid through its guarillan or of lui infant throuijU
ita parent. Eat when the master becauk) false tJ bis
alletriaiice, tho slavo utood luce to lace \vTtli his coun-
try, and his allegiance, which may bol'jro havo bean
a qualilied one, becamo direct and immodiato. Hij
chains foil oil, and he stood at onco In tho prosjnce
of the nation, bound like tho Tc»t of lu to Ita public
defence.

6ir. Lincoln's proclamation did but take notice of
the already exiatini; "right of tho bonJiuan to fVea-
doni. Tho trea^ou of Ixie master mado it a publio
crime tor the slave to continue his ub.'lianja; the
lien.'-oH of a Stjito set tree the collective bon Imen of
that Slate. This doctrine i.^ supported by the analD-
i;y ol precedents. Inthe times otfeulaMsni the trea-
son ol the lord of the manor deprived him of his eerfj;
the spurious feudalism that e.'itsted amou,' uj dirt'ota
In niany respects from the feudalism of thj ml Idle
ages; but so lar the precedent runs i>arallol with the
pienutciUie; for treasun tho mn.ster then, for trea-
son the master now, loees his slaves. In the mlJdIe
ages the sovereign liiiiiointed another lord over the
berlb and the land which thoy cultivated; in our day,
the sovereign makes them m.istqjy of their own per-
s\]ps. lords over themselves. It has been said that we
are at war, and that emancipation is not a belliijerout
riiiht. Tho objection aisappeara befjro analysis. In
a war between nidepondent powers the invading for-
eigner invites to his stamlard all who will give him
aid, whether bond or (roe, and he rewards thorn ac-
cordmp to hie ability and his pleasure with giltS or
fieeULUi; but when at pcaco he withdraws from the
invaded country he n\ust talie his aiders and couitort-
trs with him ; or if he leaves them behind, where ho
bus no com t to enforce his de<^iees, ho can give them
no ficciuity, unlebs it be by tho Htipulatious of a
ticuty.

In a civil war it is altO''ether different. Thcro,
when rebellion is crushed, the old (ioverum.-nt isroj-
tcred, nnd its courts resume their jurisJIctiin. Sj
it is with us; the United .States liavo courts of thoir
IV 11, that must punish the guilty of treason and vin-
dicate the freedom of i>ersons whom the fact ol rj-
bellion bus sot free. Kor may it bj wud that
Iccaute slavery existed in nui^tof tho States when
the Uni n was formed, it ciinnot rlfrhHuUy ha inter-
lered with new. A change ha-s talieu place, such as
Wailibon foretaw, and for which bo pointed out tUj
rimt-dy. Tho Constitutions of .Staos haJ bjsn
trnrslormed before tho plotters of trevon cirriod
Hum away into reliellion. When the Ke ler.il IJju- {
sililulicn was formed, general emaneipati.m was
lb ught to be near; and cvoryHhero tlio re.npjotiv'O I
legislatures hud auth'iitv, in tho e.xerclso of their j
f lu nary liinctions, to do aw:;y with slavery; since I
that tinio tho attempt has been m uio in what are '
celled t-lave Slates to make the eo;iditi.in of si ivorv
pen'etual; and events have luoved with tho cloar-
iit^b of demonstration, th.it a c uistdiitiju which
se^ka to continue a caste of here iitary b)ndm3n
throutrh cDdlesf generations is ineoiisisleiit with tUo
eiiistence ol republican in.stitutions. So, t'.ion, tUo
new rre.-ident and the poople ol the United States '
mvi^t Im-ist that tho proclamation of freemen bhall |
stand UH a realitv.

And, moreover, tho people must never cene ti In-
blttllatlho Coiislllntion Bhall bj bo ammidud ai ut-
terly to prohibit .Slavery on any part of our soil fu
cNeiniore. Alas! that a .State In our vicinity bboul i
NMliihiilil ilsuMiiit to thi,-) la.tt beneilcicnt luek.iure;
Us ri Altai was un encouragoimut to uur eneiiiiei
eipial to the gain of a pitched battle; and doi.ita llio
enU hiipclul imthud iif |.;icilleation. The rem ival ul
lhec;.uso(.f the llebellion is not oiilv demanded by
JoHtieo; It Is the policy of mercy, making room lor a
widir clemency; It is the part ol order against a
chuoB (if ci'iilrovi r->y ; Us buccess biiu ,'s wilh It true
rceoiicllenieiit, a letting peace, a eontinu lus growth
ol Conlidence throui.h an a-,siniiliition of the sxt lal
ceiidilloii. Here is tho lilting oxpruosiou of thu
Uiourning of today.

And let no lover of his conntrv say thai Ihi . warn-
ing is uncalled for. The cry Is ilelu-ive that S!,i\ery
;j (lead. Even now it is n.irving llM-lf lor a iVenh
btrngglo liir ccntinuance. The lust winds from tho
South wait to us Ihu sad Intelligence that a man, who
hud surrendered himself w ith thu glory of the most
brilliant and most varied achievements, wli.ibut a j
v.eek ago was named «llh ulieetiunate p.ide aiii ing
the greatest beneliictora of his country and the abli^it
generalM of all tmn.-, has m-urped miir.i than tho
whole power of tho Executive, and under the nnnie
of iteace has revived Slavery and given security ami
liolltleal iKiwer to traitors "from the Chesap -ako to
the Kio (irande. Why could ho not reinenibor the
dying aihico of Wa.shington, never to diaw the
bword but for self-delenco or the rights of hi.scountry,
and when drawn, never to sheath it till its work
should be acconiplislied? And yet from this ha 1 act.

which the people with one united voice condemn, mi
great evil will loUow s.ivt3 tho shallow of his own
fame. Tho Imlividual, even in tho greatnesi of mil-
itary glory, sinks into Insignilicauco before the re-
sistless movcmuuts lu the history of man,

VIEWING LINCOLN'S REMAINS.

City Hall, New York City.

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PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S FUNERAL— KEMOVAL OF THE BODY FROM THE CITY HALL TO THE FUNERAL CAR, NEW YORK, April 25, 18C5.

•;:THE PRESIDENT'S FUNEBAIi IN
NEW YORK.

\- All the beautiful diiy on Tuesday, when the
jdearly beloved Trosident was borne through tlio
.great city, it wua iinpotisiblo not to fuel that,
'however inipa^dionod and tender all' the prtiturv
'might be, no oration could be so eloquent as the
upcctftclo of the vast population, huslied and
ibureheuded, under the bright spring eky, gazing
npoi) his coffin. It was one of the most iinpos-
:^ig uud touching pageants ever seen. From
windows and house-tops and balconies, from
,^rees and posts and door-steps, tho multitude
' looked silently on, themselves a striking part of
• tlia scene they admired. The broad street was
clear, and on both the walks tho crowd was
;.|olid. The piessure at times was frightful, but
the throng was mainly good-humored; and
.-Wliou the fuuerul car ajiproached tho reverent
;«iJeuce was profoundly impressive. Nothing
t«rns heard as it passed but the regular footfall
of the troops, the dull roll of the muffled drnms,
and the occasional tolling of a" bell far away.
The sober aspect of tho people all the day, the
wailing peals of minor mnsic from the hundred
bands, the houses draped with mourning, the
innumerable flags bound with black and hang-
ing at half-mast, the profuse and accumulated
signs of i true sorrow, have made the day for-
ever memorable to all wha looked on.

Aa the solemn and statgly car went by, hold-
ing proudly up, under the canopy and among
tho flowers, the sUver-fringed coflin of the mar-
. tyr, _hi8 own words ovei'tho dead at Gettysburg
were the most fitting: "The world will little
note nor long remember what we say here, but
it can never forget what they did here." For
. his great work here was the noble use of quali-
ties without which no public man can be sin-
cerely lamented nor any state safe. . Abraham
■ liNCOLN triumphed by Ms honesty, by^ his fidel-
ity, by his magnanimity, by his prudence, by his
-moderation. His greatness was his eminence
in the characteristics which our public men have
most wanted. He was called slow and doubt-
>tul,.a man needing to ^ pushed and pulled,
. While his steadfastness was sublime. He moved
toward his purpose as surely is the year unfolds
from spring into summer. There are chilly
days, and clouds, and showers, and sometimes
frosts, but the blossom is steadily opening into
the flower, and the flower "ripening into the
iruit, and ever the air is softer and kinder It
was so with him, and so the popular trust in
him grew. No man imagined what a hold
he bad upon the national heart until the elec-
tion. The revelation was startling. It was
MjnvQluntarj.£Jhute to ohw-acter without par-

4''^siltl7' Arid "how imuch closer even than theft
tho bond that bound him to the people this truly
grieving country shows.

The oration ift Union Square by Mr. Ban-
CHoiT was noble. Its lofty tone, its nuisicrly
comprehensiveness, its sincere eloquence, and
the nervous purity of its style, distinguish it
among all the Cne addresses which the melan-
choly event has iuipircd. It ttMum to us that

Mr. Banckoft bus never surpassed this brief,
heroic, and dignified discourse. New York ,
could have chosen no fitter orator to bid tho 1
great, good I'resideat hail and farewell. |

Across tho land then, home to the prairies,
which will greet his coming with all their flow-
ery splendor, passes our chief and best. Aloug
the way he came four years ago, to do a work
harder than Wasiiinoton's — ho returns, and tho
work is done. ^As he left his home he asked his
neighbors, who knew and loved him, to pray for
him in his strange and unknown tusk. Homo
he comes again, and with prayers and tears and
stricken hearts they receive him, whom we all
know and love now. Home he comes again,
dead, but living forever. And wo who through
tho clouds of our present sorrow behold the se-
rene triumph of his life, stronger by his strength,
wiser by his wisdom, more faithful by his fidel-
ity, more magnanimous by his marvelous mag-
nanimity, turn again to sci\e his honored mem-
ory by continuing his worj^ in his own spirit.

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WHAT SHALL BE THE BETRI-
BTJTION ?

Thib day, the dead bodj of the murdered
President passed through our city to a
grave in the prairie*. Perhaps the sorrow
of a great nation is the sublimest spectacle
possible on earth. The pilgrimage of these
sacred aahes through the land is the most
pathetic incident of American history. The
bier of Washington was not wet with so
many tears.

. Walking mutely past this coffin, and
^zing at the face of the martyred dead,
half-a-million citizens demand that this
murder remain not unayenged. Seeking
BOt to inflame but to calm the public mind,
we re-echo this demand with all the sol-
emxiity da« to the majestic occasion. Al-
though Abraham Lincoln bore the most
forgiving of human tempers ; although,
Mf&^e he now dictating terms to the rebel-
lloQ, he would prove himself the most
clement of conquerors ; although, could his"
frozen lips speak, he would say, Deal mer-
cifully with my assassin ; yet, if this black
deed be not punished to the full measure
of Christian retribution, the murdered man's
sepulcher — be it locked, and barred, and
. monumented — will not be able to confine
hia troubled ghost from wandering through
the unquiet land and moaning at his wrongs
unredressed.

But what measure of vengeance can
equal the stupendous crime 1 Though the
assassin were sawn asunder, yet would
not the otfeuse be atoned, nor justice ba
appeased. The vial of retributive wrath is
too large and full to be squandered upon
the single head of a trembling wretch who

now skulks from the eye of the world.
liet the great punishment fall upon the
first, the chief, the arch criminal in this
•crime of crimes. The murderer of the
President is BLAVEKY. The conspirator"
against the Republic is SLAVERY. The
hideous, ghastly Rebellion is SLAVERY.
Ifow let an aroused nation lift its arm to
the hight of its great duty, and with a
final blow annihilate Slavery for ever I O
New Jersey, Kentucky, Delaware ! look at
this good man's bloody wounds, and blush
tor your own complicity in this deed of
de&ih t Behold the victim, and remember
^th penitence how ruthlessly yoa voted
1o strengthen the arm that dealt the blow !

Let the American people, when they
shall have buried the corpse which now
they watch, arise from their sackcloth and
ashes to foiget amnesty and to execute
judgment. Speaking without passion,
"without malice, without enmity against
the guiltiest traitor of all the great con-
spiracy, without eagerness to spill a drop
of any man's blood — nevertheless, for the
sake of Law, of Liberty, of the Republic,
-we declare that if treason be a crime, and
if crime deserve punishment, then Jeffer-
son Davis and hia Cabinet and Congress
should be tried vrith a just trial, and abide
a just doom.

Meanwhile, if, by a mysterious fatality to
» soldier who was never defeated till he
has now defeated himself, who seems to
Lave taken ofi" the laurels from his head
only to trample them under his feet — if
through this suddenly opened gate of folly
the greatest culprits of mankind shall es-
«ape their just &le, then let us add to this
day's public sorrow a new lamentation
that Law has lost its majesty, Liberty its
safety, and the Republic its self-respect.

But we thank God that the new Predident
— who has eimobled himself in a single week
Into the complete confidence of the people
— stands already illustriously pledged to
deal an umelenting punishment to crimes
against the Republic. If we comprehend
the ethics of the New Testament, we be-
lieve that to the severest utterances which
he has made since his Presidential oath,
the voice of CluTstian charity answers,
Amen.

Therefore, O sorrowful countrymen 1
l)e«ring now a martyr's coffin to the tomb,
lay your hands reverently upon its pall,
and vow before heaven to fulfill the three-
fold duty of this solemn hour : first, to Slav-
ery, annihilation ; second, to th» Rebellion,
unconditional surrender ; third, to Treason,
the extreme penalty of the law. And may
Ood save the Republic I

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THE TEESIDENT's IWEBAL CAE, ON A STEAM LIGHTEE, APPEOACHING KEW XOKK FEOM JEESEZ CTTY, APEIL 24, 1865.

\ Scene from the Luuoln funeral procession iu Xew York Citj. (i-Yom a pliotograph by
\ ^ ' Brady,fji»ubllftfied In' Harpers' W^kly of May 13, 1866, by courtesy of Harper &
BroUiors.)

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Itri-ollot'llDiiii <>r llir Drul'l Hl<><.^ Hiiil of
I.Iik-iiIu'n Dciiili.

•Willi.- with l.f Fiii-llion. 1 uii'li-r-wi'iit
a iihiiuiiablf and wi'ird oxporloni-e — tliat.
Ill' till' ilral't riots," uiitts Ausustus
Saint-i lamli'iis li, his reinlnisi'Ctu-ea in
Till' ('iiilui.\. ■|.('U\iiii; in.\' w oik 1"-
ciiuso 1.0 l{i>>lhon. In some cxritiMnMU.
Iiad tiilrl Mil' tn »(> liiiinc oik' ariirnuuii
al an isirlv licnii. I iiuliceil llio slCHiiso
a iipiardtu 1' i.C lie- absdUiti'h ili .siitcil
slrei-ls^iio immlbusps on Bioad w a.\',
\v hiih ua-s always crowilcil al lliat hoiii
- aihl ml a mi\i1, wagon, rar or an\-
thln,:; Ihal S'M mi'il ali\o i>n 'I'hird Ave-
nue as 1 tuincil iiuo li. A monnMU latir
a man oi- so with a sun running in tlu'
distanii- gave tlio onl\- signs tliat the
city was imi « dead on.-. Tlion I rciol-
Irel \ividly ni\' pounding upstairs, and
tlio wild taking me into hi-r arms Ijy my
iiiolh'i, who lad bi?pn in a paroxysm of
foar n.' lo what had hoconio of me, the
others of tin- brood alreud.\- restiiig safe
at home. i.ater on, a.s thf> storm
lessened, it wa.s strange to see two lan-
non p.isl'Ni in 'rwentv-flrst Street at the
northeast eoi-nor of Oramerey Park,
pointing due i-a.«:t in the direetion of the
rioter.s.

"Then '-amc the news of I.,ineoln's as-
sassination. 1 recall father and mother
weeping as lie read of it to us in the
morning at breakfast before starting for
work. Later ( saw Lincoln l.\ ing in state
in ill" ('it,\ Hall, after joining th. in-
tenninahle line that formed somewheie
down rhatham Street and led up by his
bier at the luad of l he staircase. I went
biiek to ihc end of the line to look a'
loin agai;i. This complrloil niv \ isii.n of
tile liig man. Hut tlie funeral, w hi' li |
viewed fion; the roof of th old \Va1-
lack's Tliratre on Firooiiie .-^treet, re\i\i d
the profound soleninit\' o( m.v iiii|'rr.';sion
with seeing eseryonc unio\or as the
funeral ear went by. Finally the bo.-ish
'watching ou*' among the crowds to trs
anri delect anybod.v who lookerl like tin'
assassin. John VN'ilkes Booth. ^\ ho
soenieil the perfe. tion of manl.v heautx
in b'S pieturis. must elo'^c ni\ imrircs-
sions of that extraordinars' period."

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EVENING POST,

THREE MUSKETEERS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1923.

he worked^ When he learned this, the
Scotchman spt off for the address and
told the employer one of his men had
drowned and ar)Plied for the job. The

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'Repeat Visit of Fifty-eight Yeais Ago When President's

Body Reposed There in State — Tell

Some of His Stories

Three old men who knew Abraham
Lincoln caiuo to City Kail This morn-
ing before the .sun had climbed above
I the skyscrapers oi: lower i)anhattan
and i)ald the wliimsical, tearful liom-
a.Lje of old nee to the place where
their President's body had lain in state.
Sitting- on the .steps, they pictured liis
love of funny stories, argued over
whether he was or was not a "tee-
totaler" and justified their inclusion of
a musical comedy in their day's cele-
bration with ihe statement, to which
all tliree a^r-'ed with ^'igorous nud-
din£': "I^uicolil would have liked musi-
cal comedies; he could have played in
them or v.-ritten them."

The memories of the hushed throngs
streaming thiough the i-ottinda and of
the German choral societies chanting
their hymns outside City Hall at mid-
night ol-' April 2;i. 3S65. had re-
mahied vi\ id. They spoke of them
as if they were yesterdaj-. Two
of them liad just been married
after getting out of the Union Army
anj they admitted that they had
brought their brides with them when
they visited City Hall fifty-eight > ears
ago. Though for years they have been
jjromising themselves a pilgrmiago to
the place, it w^as not until to-day,
when their families and daughters and
friends had gone away for i he holiday,
that they could make tip their minds
to return.

As they mounted the winding stair-
way, their steps grew slow. When
they reached the top, only a few feet
from where the catafuUiue had rested,
three hats came off together. As if
the dead body were there before them,
they grouped themselves in a semi-
circle, staring at the floor, the hands
that held their hats shajilng'. Finally,
one brolco the silence:

"It's so long ago I've forgotten to
cry. You see, we all knew him."

The rotunda was dimly lighted,
shadows were everywhere and the
place was cold. "I'heir words le-
echoed through the corridors. They
would have gone, shivering, but the
prospect of telling their story held
them. Tlipy would not give their

employer answered that the man who
pushed his employee into the river
had just taken the place."

"That was iu:-.t like I.incoln, that
sLory was," they all agreed when they
had stopped laughing.

"We've been coming down here for
years," continued Jernv'. "but some-
ihing'always camp uii. My son-in-law
left town to-day and I'm all by my-
self." , „

"My daughter has gone away, too,

i explained Pete. ,

•Jerry" got tired and sat dan-n „r, "I'm all alone." confessed Tom. bo

the top step, telling hssto^ through "'^''-^ ^" «°""^ '° '"""" ^""""X" ^°
puffs at a big cigar. trough I ^ ^ show-to a musical comedy.

"The night we came to see Lincoln's "1'" ^^^ Lincoln would have iked
coffin," he began, "this place was be'm- n.uslcal plays," declared Peter. He
tiful. The mourning drapes were \ had a great sense of humor,
black and purple, and you could hardly I

see the coffin for the flowers It was
heaped high with them. I

"I was just twenty-two then"— this
more slowly as if he loved to lin-er i
over it— "and I'd just returned from I
service in the South. I was at Antie- I
jtam and I, that Is, Ave— the girl I had I
,.married— came to the City Hall on the I
night of tlie twtnty-third. The crowd I
was fierce and wo stood in line for more I
than an hour. The people went in the ■
front Of the building, and after pass-
ing up the stairs and looking at the
(llower-covered coffin went down the
other side of the stairs and out the
back door."

"I brought my wi^e^ down to the

I'il-- Mall." iaiernii)lfd Ivte. "We had
ciily been mni-ried a niLuith. 1 fought
all throu.th the war from Bull Hun lo
Gettysburg and wasn't wounded once."
This was loo niucli fcir Tom, su iie
broke in:

"I didn't come in the crowd," he ex-
plained. "My brother was in the mili-
tary guard and he had me passed in to
hear the funeral tliants. My brotlier
was at Foi'd's Theatre when Lincoln
Was shot. He got me ni here the night
the Cerman societies .sang funci-al .
c-hants. it was midnight and sort of'
spooky, as I remember it." j

Kach old man wa.-^ eagei- to pour out |
his story. I'he reticence and desire to |
leavo ^•anisheu with every new para- |
graph. I

"Wo were only ; issters," ,Ierry |
took up the tale, '-iit wo all knew!
Lincoln. I

"Vcs, he wa.s a gj'cat friend of my i
fatlicr," nodded Pete. "I remember |
hearing them argue Over teetotaling.
I..iiicoln. favored it and my father I
didn't. I

"Sit down here, j'oung fellow," said i
Jerry. "We old boys can tell you I
something about Lincoln. Tom, tell |
them that one he told you." i

Torn, who had been waiting for this]
moment, cleared his throat with a
sonorous cough and strucjc out as if
he were addressing an audience in
Madison SQuare tiarden: ,

"My father knew lancoln and li
was with hini one day when he met
the President in Washington. Lincoln [
was in line humor and told father a i
funny story about a Scotchman. I've
"Call me Tom," saicl the tallest, who j heard the samp story told as new for

. I sixty years. Tliis Scotcliman saw a
man drowning in a river, but in.stcad
of rescuing: him, he aslced him where
others, respectively eighty and elghty-
fom-.

names.

"Call Me Tom"

admitted to eighty-one years. "Jerry
and "Pete" were the names of the

He could have played in musical
■ hows or written them," asserted lorn.
^ -Don't talk that way about hun,
.Terry cried in protest. "It isn't funny.
He fulfilled his mission."

Their information about Lincoln \\a3
apparently exhausted. Again he
place seemed gloomy and affected then

"'••Weil young fellow," said Jerry
••vou've shown us a lot more respect
and attention than most of them do
nowadays. Can we offer you a drink

"^^■V;^>^^^-■^^ the first offer w.s
decltned with thanks. But Jer.-y pro-
duced a flask-right In the City Hall

'^°'c!o°ahead," he urged. "Have one on

""■'l^'ete took the flask and turned it
ups.de down. It was empty.

"Well
laughed
late already."

It was 9:30 A. M

what do you expect?" he
"It's a holiday and It s pret.y

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"Ami Mc)S(> \\ cut lip Ironi llio i)laiiis of Moab,
rnito the moiiiituin of Ni'lio, to the; top of
I'i.-^'uli, that is over ai^ainsl Joriclio; and tlio
l.orti showtd him all tlu; land of Uiliatl, unto
J>un, and all NupUiali. and tin- land of i;phiaiiii,
and iMana^f-cli, and all Iho land of .ludah, unto
the utmo.'-t sea, and the south, and the plain
of the valki of .lericho, the city of palm trees,
unto Zoor. And the Lord said unto him, this
l.s the land which I swear unto Abraham, unto
Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying. 1 will give it
unto tliy seid: I liavo caused thee to sec it with
thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
.So Moses, the servant of ihe Lord, died there
in the land of Moab, according^ to tlie v.oid of
the Lord." — Dcut. 34: 1-0.

IIERE is no historic fijjurft more

H iiuhlo tli;;n that of the Jewish

^ I ]ii\v-tiiver. Alter so uiany tliou

T JL suml yeai-s, thu li{,'iire of Moses

'v. g^ is not cliiiiiiiished. but stands up

a),'ainst the backgroiiml of early
i 1^ V (lavs, (list ncL and individual as if
Cr (^"^ he had lived but yesterday. There

is scarcely another evtuit in his-
tory more touching' than his death, ile had
borne the j^reut burdens of state fur forty
years, shaped the .lews to a nation, tilled out
their civil and relif,M(ius polity, administered
tlieir laws, Kuidcd tiu-ir sli-i'-^, <>i' ducll witii
tlipnt in all tlieir .jourjieying-s in the -wilder-
ness; had mourned in their punishment, iicpt
step witli their march and led tfiem in uars,
until the eiul of tlieir laliors driw nitrlL The
Just staK'e was reached. Jordan only lay he
tween them and tiie iironiised land. The
liromised land!— oil, wluit yearniu{,'s had
lieaved ids breast for tliat divinely prom-
ised place! lii^ had theamed of it by niglit
and mused liy liay. It was holy and endeared
a^ (j'oti's lavoreil spot. It was to be the
cradle of'an illustrious historir All his long,
lal'oriou'j and no\v weary lile, he had aimed
at this as the consummation of every desire,
tiie reward of every toil and pain. Then
♦•amc the word of the Ix>rd to him, "Thou
inayest not go over: Get thee up into the
mountain, look upon it, and die."

rrom that silent summit, the hoary leader
gazed to the north, to the south, to the west
A\itli hungry eyes. The dim outlines rose
up. Tl'P hazy recesses spoke of quiet val-
leys between the hills. ^Vith eager longing,
Avilh sad resigiuitiou, he looked u])on the
jiromised land. It was now to him a forbid-
den land. It was a moment's anguish. He
forgot all his personal wants and drank in
the vision of his people's home. His work
v,aa done. There lay God'.s promise fullilled.
There was the seat of coming Jeixiyalem;
there the city of Judah's King; the sphere
of judges and prophets; tiie mount of sor-
row and salvation; the nest whence were to
fly blessings innumerable to all mankind.

Joy chased sadness from e\ery leal lire, and
tife jirophet laid him down and died.

LIKE A LOAN ISLAND

Again a great leader of the iieople has
passetl through toil, sorrow, battle and ^var,
and come near to the promised land of jjeacc,
into which he might not pass over. Who
^:hall recount our martyr's sufferings for this
people? Since the Koveinber of 18i;u, his
liorizon has been black with storm.-^. By day
and by night, he trod a way of danger and
darlvjiess. On his shoulders rested a govern-
inent dearer to iiiin than his own life. At
its integrity millions of men were striking
at home. I'pon this government foreign
eyes lo\\:ered. U stood like a lone island in
a sea full of storms: and every tide and wave
seemed eager to devour it. I'pon thousunds
of hearts great soiiows and anxieties have
rested, but not on one such, and in such
measure, as upon that simple, truthful, noble
soiil, our faithful and sainted Lincoln, \ever
rising to tins enthusiasm of more imi)a.s-
.sioned natiwes in hours of hope, and never
sinking with the mercurial in hours of de-
feat to the deiitlis of desijondency, he held
on with immovable patience and "fortitude,
luitting caution against iiope, that it might |
not be premature, and hope against caution i
that it might not yield to dreul and danger' I
He Avrcstled ceaselessly, through four black
and dreadful pergatorial y(>ais, wherein God j
Avas cleansing the sin of his peofile as by I
lire. 1

At last, the watcher belield the gray dawn
for the country. The niountains began to
give forth their toim.s fium out the dark-
ue.ss; and the East came rushing toward us
witii amis full of joy tor all our sorrows
Ihe^i It was for him to be glud exceedingly,
that liad sorrowed immeasurably Peace
could bring to no other heart such joy such i
rest, sucii honor, .such trust, .such gratitude.
I JJut lie looked upon it r.s Mo.<es looked upon
ithe promi.-ed land. Then the wail of a na- '
tion procla.med that he had gone f roni ■
among u^. Not thine the sorrow, but ours
sainted .soul. Thou hast indeed entered the"
promised land, while we are yet on the
march. To us remains the rocking of the
cieei), the storm upon tiie land, davs of duty

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and nights of watching; but thou art s^phered
lii»,'h above all darkness and fear, beyond all
sorroAv^ and weariness. Uest, O weary heart!
Rejoice exceedingly, thou tiiat bust enough
suffered! Thou hast beheld Hit.i who invis-
ibly led Ihce in this great wilderness. Thou
standcst among the elect. Around thee are
tho i'oyaJ jiien that have ennobled human
life in every age. Kingly art thou, with
glory on thy brow as a diadeui. And joy is
upon thee lor bvei'more. Over all this land,
over all the little cloud of years that now
from thine infinite horizon moves back as a
speck, tiiou art lifted up as high as the star
is above the clouds that hide us, but never
reach it. In the goodly company of Mount
Zion thou shalt find tliat rest which thou
liast sorrowing sought in vain; and thy
name, an everlasting name in heaven, shall
nourish in fragrance and beauty as long as
men shall last upon the earth, or hearts re-
main, to revere truth, fidelity and goodness.

SUDDEN JOY, SUDDEN SORROW

Never did two such orbs of e.xperionee
n.eet in one hemisphere, as the joy and the
sorrow of the same week in this land. The
joy was as sudden as if uo man had expect-
ed it, and as entrancing as if ii had fallen
a sphere from heaven. It rose up over so-
briety and swept business from its moorings
and ran down through the land in irresis-
! t.iblo course. Men embraced each other in
brotherhood that were strangers in the flesli.
They sang, or prayed, or, deeper yet, many
could only think thanksgiving and weep
gladnes.s. That peace was sure; that gov-
ernment was firmer than ever; that the land
was cleansed of plague; that the ages were
opening to our footsteps, and we were to
begin a march of bk'ssings; that blood was
staunched, and scowling enmities Avere sink-
ing like storms beneath the horizon; that
the dear fatherland, nothing lost, much
gained, was to rise up in unexampled honor
among the nations of the earth— these
tlioughts, and that undistinguishable throng
of fancies, and hopes, and desires, and yearn-
ings, that filled the soul Avith tremblings
like the heated air of mid-summer days-
all tliese kindled up such a surge of joy as
no words may describe.

In one hour joy lay without a [lulse, with-
out a gleam, or breath. A .'^^orrow came tliat
swept through the land a.s huge storms
sweep liuough the forest and ileid, rolling
thunder along the sky, disheveling tb.e flow-
ers, dauiUing every singer in thicket or for-
est and pouring blackness and darkness
across the land and up the mountains. Did
ever so many hearts, in so brief a time, toucli
two .such ijouiullcs:; feeling-.? It v.as tlie u:-
tennost of joy; it was the uttermost of sor-
row—no!»n and niidniglit, \vithout a spucc
between.

THE STUNNING BLOW

The blow brought not a sharp pang. It
was so terrible tint at first it stunned sen
sibility. Citi^-x-ns were like ineu awakcne i i
at midnight by an eartlKiuake anil bewil-
dered to find everything .Ihat they weie
accustomed to trust wavering and falling. |
The very earth was no longer solid. 'J'he ;
first feeling v.as the least. Men waited to
get straight to feel. They v>andcred in tiie
streets as if groping after some impending
dread, or undeveloped sorrow, or .■-ome o::e
to tell them what ailed them. They met
each other as if each would ask the other,
"Am I awake, or do I dream?" There was
a piteous helplessness. Strong men bowed
down and wept. Other and common giieis
belonged to some one in chief; this belonged
to all. It was each and every man's. Every
virtuous household in the land lelt as if its
lirst-born were gone. Men were bereaved,
and walke<l for days as it a corpse lay un-,
buried in their chvellings. There \vas nolh-;
ing else to tliink of. Tiiey couhl speak of
nothing but that; andyet, of that they could
speak only falleringly. All business Avas laid
aside. Pleasure forgot to smile. The city
for nearly a week ceased to roar. The great
Leviatharu lay down, and was still. Even
avarice stood still, and grt el Avas strangely

, moved to generous sympathy and universal
sorrow. Rear to liis name monuments, found
charitable institutions, and Avrite his name
aboA'e their lintels; but no monument Avil!
CA'er equal the tuiiversal, spontaneous and
sublime sorrow that in a moment swept
doAvn lines and parties and covered up ani-
mosities, and in an hour brought a divided
people into unity of grief and indivisible
felloAVship of anguish.

* * * Even he Avho now sleeps has, by
this event, been clothed Avith new influence.
Dead, he speaks to men Avho noAV Avillingry
hear Avhat before they refused to listen to.
NoAV his simple and Aveighty w>rds Avill be
gathered like those of Wa.shington, and your
children, and your children's children, shall
be taught to ponder the shnplicity and deep
wisdom of utterances which, in their time,

passed, in party heat, as idle Avords. Men
will receive a new impulse of patriotism for
his s^ke and Avill guard with zeal the Avholo
country which lie loved so well. 1 swear you,
on the altar of his memory, to be more faith-
ful to the country for Avliich he has perished.
They Mill, as they follow his hearse, sAvear
a noAV hatred to that slavery against which
he A\arred, and Avhich, in vanijuishing him,
lias made him a martyr, to hate slavory
v.ith an unappeasa.ble halreil. They will ad-
mire and imitate the iiimno.;s of this man,
his inflexible conscience for the rigiit; ;-nd
yet his gentleness, as tender as a woiuan's,
his moderation of spirit, which, not all the

-+».i iiKulci.'ition ol spirit, \Mi.tii nol all tho
tiiul (lislurhanc-iis of iii.s ((uiiitiy ^liaUc; out of
its i)laco. 1 sWL'ur you to au oiuuhuiou of
his justifo, his iiiodorution anil his UR-rcy.

GRIEF BEYOND MINISTRY

You I can coiuloi't: imt iiow can I si)oak
to that twili^'ht million to whom his namo
wa.i as thi> name ol an an^fl ot (iod? 'I'horo
\^ill h(! wailing in jilacrs which no minister
shall he able to reach. VVlu'ii. in hovi-l ami
in .cot, in wood and in wildein<'ss, in the
licld throuKhout the South, the dusky chil-
dren, who looked upon him as that Moses
whom (iod sent hetorc; lluuu to lead them
out ol the land of bonda^'e, learn that lu; has
Jallen, who shall comtort them? <), thou
Siiepherd of Israel, that didst comfort thy
people of old, to thy care we conunit tho
helpless, the long-w ron{,H'd and grieved.

And now the nuirtyr is moving in trium-
, lihul march, mightier than when aliv(\ Tho
I nation rises up at every >tage of his coming.
Cities and states are his pallbearers, and
the cannon beats the hours with solenui i)ro-
gression. Dead, dead, dead, he yet speak-
etli! Is Washington di'ad? I> Hampden
dvsul? Is David dead? Is any man that ever
was Jit to live dead? Disenthralled of (le^h,
and ri.-en in the unobstruiLed sphere where
pa.ssiua never comes, he begins his illimit-
able work. His lif(! now is grafted ui)on
the inlinite, and will be fruitful as no earth-
ly life can be. Pa.ss on, thou that ha^st over-
come! \(.ur sorrows, oh jieople, arc hi.s
peace! "V'our hells, antl bands, and nuilTlod
drums, .sound triumi)h in his ear. Wail and
weep here; God made it echo joy and
triumph there. Pass on!

Four years ago, oh, Illinois, we took from
your uudst an untried man, and from among
the i)eop!e. We return him to you a miglity
con(iuerer. Not thine any more, but the na-
tion's; not ours, but tiie worlil's. (iive him
l)l:ice, oh, ye prairies! In the nu'dst of this
great continent his dust shall rest, a sacred
treasure to myriads who shall pilgrim to
that shrine to kindle anew thi'ir zeal and
patriotism. Ye winds that move over the
miglity ))laces of tlie West, chant his re-
quiem! Y'e people, beliold a martyr whoso
blood, as so many articulate words, plead.-*
tor fidelity, for law, for liberty!

A WILSON DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

Former Prcyideiit Wilson toh-grai/iu'cl to ihn
.TacUson day ilinm-r of I'lttt;!. uracil Deiiiocrut.s
tliut the party wars intrust;d v.ilh thi' "redcinii-
tion of the nation from clegrt'dation."

Jlere is a Ijcautiful plank for the D.-inocratic
national platform: "\\'c view wiih alarm the
degradation of the American i)eoplo and tlieic
■ owardly portrayal of tho cau.se of liumanity.
We regard the Amoiican people a.s the seuni
of the earth, hyenas in soul and jackals in
mind."'

With that plank the Dumociatie paity can
sweep Kurope as a prairie fire and the candi-
date can be elected president of tlie leafjue of
natioii.s. After it lias been adopted by the,
resolutions committee of tlu- eoiatnlion we'll
probably lind iMr, JMeAdoo and .Mr. L'uderwood
and various others oarnesily siii^porting' Mi-.
Cox for nondnation. ]Ie did it the other time,
and why not now? He's used to it, case-
hardened and indurated, a perfect ca.ndidalu
on a perfict platform r.illvti;^ an enlhusiaslio
country to the liery doctrine: "'i'es. we are a
i degraded people." — Chiea.s'O Tiibune.

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THE adjoining picture shows the
City Hall duiing the funeral of
Abraham Lincoln on Wednes-
day,. April 26, 1865. Above the en-
trance to the crapr-flnned building
^vpre tin woids "The Nation
^Mourns." The h°arse is seen at the
right.

A pr»at piocc'Sion. including r"p-
resentati^-es of almozt every organi-

zation in the city anJ dctnchments i ralliriovo. Harri.sburp, Philadelphia,
from various tcgimrnls, followed the ' Nev/ Yoik, A.lhnnv, Buf'.nlo, Clevp-
hoarse from City Hp.U v:i 7r'.;ondv.'.ny l.-nd and Chicag'", so it was no: un-
and Fifth avenue to Thirty-fourth i til May. more than two v^^■>rk^^ nfrrr
street and thence to the Hudson lihe as.nap.=;in-ii i'>n rf *hp ^resident.

thnt the body arrived in Rpring-
ri"ld. 111. The burial wa- at Oa':
Ri'lgo, 111., n^r. r F'-'-ii)'\r:'i^ld, on ■M::!y 4.

River st!\linr, wheie the body v/as
taken by train to Alh.iny.
Those in charpe of the I.inc-'n

funeral had {irvang'^d to have ih° !

body lay In 'ate in WaEhin:;-'.on, [ Trrii'.'irov.— Arion Cocictj- I air.cl^

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ON APRIL 19, 1866, at the City ^
HaU In New York City there was a ^
funeral ceremony for President Ab- ^'
raham Lincoln who was aiiaisinatad

in Ford's Theater, Washington, on^
J Good Friday, April 14. > ^

^ Last year, Dr. Leo HershkowiU, a j
,' history professor at Queens College, s'
'Flushing, New York, came across
some financial documents relating to ^
the martyred President's funeral ".
service and the procession which
later went up Broadway.
' Actually, the records were headed ,
'. for the papershredders at an East |
Bronx pulp mill. They were among ;
bales and bundles of other docu- ,
' ments destined for destruction. Dr.
/ Hershkowitr got there just In time. ^
i- '■ Among other items he salvaged ^
was a bill to the City by the under- j^
taker, Peter Relyea, of Manhattan.
He charged $1,000 for horses, horse''
covers trimmed with silver-bullion ;
fringes, grooms, hats, crape and so J
forth. The City also paid Mr. Relyea ,
another $600 for building thd cano- ^
pied catafalque that bore the coffin ■:
in the procession. ^ ,.

The architect, Charles Mettam, <
' who designed the catafalque, sub- ^
mitted an invoice for $260. There;
• were 30 musical groups in the pro-
cession, and they submitted bills for^
their services. The 84th Regiment ■
engaged Schineller's Brass Band, ;
consisting of 22 members and for
: which there was a charge of $184. '■[
The sum of $136 was paid to ^
Dosworth's Concert, Military and
, Quadrille in which there were 16 ^
^ musicians. i

Among other items purchased tar *r
'• the . funeral were hits, plumes, '

f martial flags and armbands. A sign-
painting company charged $110 for *
jl 32 yards of muslin and a carved
eagle. The man who played the
\ chimes for three hours at Trinity
\ Chur^, Wall Street and Broadway,
r charged $20 for his services. He also *
f composed a- funeral dirge.
f" If the calculations of Dr. Hershko- -^
\ witx are correct, the whole affair cost ^
the City of New York aroond ;
JM0,000. Some of the bills be fbundc^
; were on onmte leit^heads, while
othen were simply on Unad tablet
paper. During Aprfl they wert vol

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THE

ANSWER MAN

Broadcast over Station WOR

Mutual Broadcasting System

145 West 41st street

New York. N. Y.

WISCONSIN 7-1183

jkogaat 10, 1943

Mr, Louis A. Warren, Director
Lincoln National Life fonndation
Port Wayne, Indiana

Uy dear Ur, Warren:

One of my listeners asks:

"After Lincoln's death was his body broiaght to
New York City and did the funeral procession
pass throu^ East Seventh Street?"

I hare information of the fact that Lincoln^s hody lay in
state in City Hall, after the arrival of the funeral train
on April 24, 1865, hut do you have any information as to
whether the procession passed through Sast Seventh Street?

I shall appreciate a reply at your early convenience.

Sincerely yours

Au«u»t 15, 19H3

Mr, Bz*ttO« ChapgHn
1U5 W. kUt St.
H«¥ York 18, N. Y.

K7 Aear Mr. ChAjaui}

From a prlntad aocount of the noreMnt of tha funaral
prooaealon^of Abrahai, Llnooln In Nav York City I mka thaae
axoarpte. FJroa tha Farry Gata up to Hadaon Straat, than wp
^daon to Canal, thanoa through It and Broadvay to tha Park antarlng
^ !5!J "J!"" '^**- . ^•^^ ^^ ^"y Hall vhare tha hody llae
♦LI V ,.i?! r*^*"^<» ?••■•* «P Broadnay to Uth Straat/thanoa
through Fifth Aranua to 5Hth and aoroaa that vlda atraat to Ninth
ATanua, thanoa It paaaad Into tha Hudaon Blrar Railroad Dapot "

LAV:VN

Vary truly youra.

Dlraotor

Only Known Picture Of
Lincoln In Coffin Found

SPRINGFIELD, HI. WIThe only
known picture of Abraham Lincoln
in his coffin has turned up in the
Illinois State Historical Library.
' The photograph was found by
15-year-old Ronald Rietveld of Des
Moines while looking through the

library's voluminous Lincoln col-
lection.

The youth brought his discovery,
to the attention of Dr. Harry E.
Pratt, state historian and Lincoln
author, who pronounced it genuine
after research. Dr. Pratt said the
piteture had been lost for 87 years
among the papers of Edwin M.
Stanton, secretai-y of war- under
Lincoln.

New York City Hall

The brownish proof print was
taken in New York City Hall on
April 25, 1865, While the Lincoln
funeral train was enroute from
Washington to Springfield.

A New York photographer, Jere-
miah Gurney Jr., took the picture
from a balcony. In the resulting
time exposure picture, Lincoln's
beard and features are barely dis-
tinguishable.

Two men standing at the head
and foot of the coffin were identi-
fied as Admiral Charles H. Davis
and Assistant Adjutant General
Edyard D. Townsend, who was in
charge of the funeral train and
gave Gurney permission to take
the picture.

Forgot About Print

Dr. Pratt said when Stanton
learned about the photograph, he
ordered destruction of the photo-
graphic plate and any prints made
from it. In the meantime, the proof
print had been sent to him and; he
evidently dropped it into his files
and forgot about It.

The picture remained in the
Stanton papers until 1887 when his
sop sent it to John G. Nicolay,
one of Lincoln's two secretaries
who had just begun publication of
their ten volume life of the eman-
cipator.

The photograph was filed with
the authors' papers which were
given to the Illinois State Histori-
cal Library in 1940 by Mrs. Alice
Hay Wadsworth, daughter of John
Jfay,, ti^e other author-secretary.

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UNCOVER NEW
PHOTOGRAPH OF
ABE'S FUNERAL

R. Rietweld Of Des Moines
Finds Picture While Going
Through Library.

SPRINGFIELD, 111. («— The only
known picture of Ab^tiam Lincoln
in his coffin has tuij
Illinois State Historil
The photograph vj
15-year-o|^ Rcmald

ile lool^g:]
.oliisiinoijs

up in the

Library.

found by

tveld of Des

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s discovery

Harry E.

^and Lincoln

pi'onftunced it genuine

h, Dr. Pratt said Uie

^en lost for 87 years

pers of Edwin M.

of war under

Moines

library's

lection.

The you
to the att
Pratt, Stat
author, wh
after resea
picture had
among the
Stanton, secretary
Lincoln.

The brownish proof print was
taken in New York City Hall on
April 25, 1865, while the Lincoln
funeral train was enroute from
Washington to Springfield.
IDENTIFY TWO

A New York photographer, Jeie-
miah Gurney Jr., took the picture
from a balcony. In the resulting
time exposure picture, Lincoln's
beard and features are barely dis-
tinguishable.

Two men standing at the head
and foot of the coffin were identi-
fied as Admiral Charles H. Davis
and Assistant Adjutant General Ed-
ward D. Towsend, who was in
charge of the funeral train and
gave Gurney permission to take
the picture.
ORDERED DESTRUCTION

Dr. Pratt said when Stanton
learned about the photograph, he
ordered destruction of the photo-
graphic plate and any prints made
from it. In the meantime, the proof
print had been sent to him and he
evidently dropped in into his files
and forgot about it.

The picture remained in the
Stanton papers until 1887 when his
son sent it to John G. Nicolay,
one of Lincoln's two secretaries
who had just begun publication of
their ten volume life of the eman-
cipator.

The photograph was filed with
the authors' papers which were
given to the Illinois State Histori-
cal Library in 1940 by Mrs. Alice
Hay Wadsworth, daughter of John
Hay, tJie other author-secretary.

Only Coffin Photo '
Of Lincoln Fomid

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SPRINGFIELD,
year-old
known
col

A IS.
the only
aham Lin-
was disclosed

author, said
\d of Des Moines
-year-old picture
J^iagiFg through material
state historical library here.
itt said after thorough re-
seafth into letters and newspapers
of the period that the photograph,
a four-by-six-inch proof print, is
definitely authentic.

The state historian said Jere-
miah Gurney jr., of New York took
the picture from a balcony 20 feet
above Lincoln's body when the
Lincoln funeral train stopped in
New York en route to Springfield.

The features and beard of the
martyred Civil war president can
hardly be distinguished in the pic-
ture, Pratt said.

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stan-
ton heard about the photo and or-
dered all prints as well as the plate
destroyed. But he apparently for-
got to destroy a proof that had
been sent to him.

This proof remained in Stanton's
files. Eventually it was obtained
by Mrs. Alice Hay Wadsworth,
ivho gave it to the state historical
library with other Lincoln papers
In 1940. It remained among this
material undiscovered until young
Rietveld turned it up recently.

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ORIGINAL CURRIER AND IVES SHOWS LINCOLN FUNERAL
Print Found In Files At Dayton Daily News To Be Framed.

FOVISD IN DAILY NEWS FILES

Original Currier, Ives Print
Depicts Funeral Of Lincoln

By FK.\N FKANTZ

Daily News Staff Writer

An original Currier and Ives
print showing Lincoln's funeral
procession turned up in the files
at The Dayton Daily News in a
search for material to use in con-
nection with Lincoln's birtiiday to-
day. '■

The print, which had originally
been wrapped in brown paper and
rolled, somehow had become flat-
tened in a tangle of Lhicoln press
clippings and forgotten. No one
on the News staff knows where it
came from or how long it has been
in the files.

But it recalled one of the most

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complex funerals on record. Lin-
coln, who died April 15, 1865, was
not buried until May 4.

Congress wanted to bury him
in Wusliin^ton but Mrs. Lincoln
objected. Ttie Illinois delegation
demanded the return of the body
to the capital of tliat state; but
jMrs. Lincoln preferred Chicago.
She finally consented to Spring-
field alter the townspeople Ihcre
agreed not to iiiirchase the land
they had intended, and let her
selection of the new Oak Uidge
cemetery prevail. The state cap-
itol now stands on the land they
had planned to buy.
The scene on the Currier and
Ives shows the procession passing
Union Square in_ Sj-Jiiiigfiuld, 111.,

where a program lasting nearly
five liours was held. Previously,
the body had lain in state at city
hall, and 100 persons a minute
had been admitted. Women partic-
ularly wanted to touch the body or
casket, but were held back by Ihe
guard of lionor, working on two-
hour shifts.

According to copies of the New
York Herald, published that day
and Ihe following, "one hundred
thousand strangers came to New
York jcsterday for the e.vpress
purpose of participating in a
pageant surpassing in magnif-
icence and extent anything of its
kind ever called forth in America."
The paper, which contained five
solid pages of news on the funeral,
want ads, and news from Wash-
ington and the new president on
the back page, also mentioned that
10 pickpockets had been arrested
in the crowds.

The body became travel
stained, and an cmbalmer and
his assistant from Washington
frequently dusted and readjusted.
They stayed Milh Ihe procession
during the whole circuitous route,
^vhicll roughly duplicated Lin-
coln's route from Springfield to
Washington for his first inaugura-
tion.

But rest for Lincoln was troubled
for the next ?S years. The casket
was opened several times and the
body viewed by friends. There
was even a plot 1o steal the body.!
It wasn't until 1901 that the body|
was placed in a tomb protected byi
steel and cement, suggested andi
paid for by Robert Lincoln. Once!
more the casket was opened and 30
witnesses said the body was^ that
of Lincoln.

The copies of the New York
Herald were lent by Lloyd Osten-
dorf. 225 Lookout dr., who collects
Lincoln memorabilia. He added
that the print is worth approx-
imately $30, although he adds that
as long .ago as 1928, before Lin-
coln Currier and Ives were col-
lected so much as today, a partic-
ularly good copy was sold for 575.
The print is out of the files for
keeps now. It will bo framed and.
hung in the reference library.

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CHICAGO TRIIUNH
February 11, 1967

Picture of Lincoln Taken
After Death Shown in N, Y,

New York, Feb. 10 [Special]
—A copy of the only known
photograph of Abraham Lin-
cohi, taken after his assassina-
tion, was put on display here
today and presented to Rock-
ford [III.] college in a cere-
mony at the Waldorf Astoria
hotel.

The original photograph,
made 10 days after the Pres-
ident was sliot to death in 1965
by Actor John Wilkes Booth at
"■oixi's theater in Washington,
shows Lincoln lying in state in
an open coffin in New York's
city hall.

The only known print made
from the original photograph is
in the files of the Illinois
Historical society in Spring-
field, m.

Original in Springfield

In Springfield, Miss Margaret
Flint, assistant Illinois state
historian, said the print, which
was presented to the society in
1940, was in collections owned
by the families of John Nicolay
-nd John Hay, Lincoln's secre-
taries. The collections wer-
presented to the society by
Mrs. Alice Hay Wadsworth,
daughter of Hay.

Miss Flint said record^ show
that two photgTi-phs of Lincoln
in his coffin were made by
Guj-ney & Sons, New York
photographers. But upon the
order of Secretary of War
Edwin A. Stanton, who feared
the photographs would disturb
Mrs. Lincoln, both photographic
plates and the single print
made from the larger one were
destroyed,- and Stanton retained
the only print made from the
other plate.

Miss Flint said the print at
Springfield is accompanied by a
letter written by Stanton's son,
Louis, in 18C7 when he gave the
print to Nicolay after finding it
in his lat^ father's papers.

A copy of only known photograph of President Lincoln
on display in New York and presented to Rockford college (111.)
yesterday. Original picture was taken by Gurney & Son, New
York photographer, April 24, 1865, when Lincoln was lying in
state in New York City, [ap wirepnotoi

Hay were then
a biography of

Nicolay and
working on
Lincoln.

Many Copies Made

Miss Flint said many copies
have been made of the photo-
graph in the Illinois Historical
society archives and are avail-
able at any time.

The photograph displayed
here was said to have been
brought to the attention of Mrs.
Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt,
daughter of Frederick Hill
Meserve, a Lincoln authority,
in the 19503.

When J'^rs. Kunhardt 's
daughter married George
Lodge, son of Henry Cabot
Lodge, American ambassador
to South Viet Nam, she gave
the photo to the family ^ be-
cause, by coincidence, in the
pictwe was Charles Henry
Davis, the great-great-grand-
father of George Lodge.

The photo was presented to
Rockford college by John Davis
Lodge, the ambassador's
brother, a former governor of
Connecticut and former ambas-
sador to Spain, and a Rockford
college trustee.

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Zorach, and its place-
ment in a collection
accessible to the public
should be jfood news for
students of" art as well
as Lincoln enthusiasts.
It is an exceedingly im-
portant addition to the
IJncoln Library and
Museum, providing in-
teresting points of com-
parison and contrast
with the heroic bronze
statue commissioned
by Lincoln National
Life in the same period,
Paul Manship's The
Hoosier Youth. Zorach
is often paired with
Gaston Lachaise as
representing the best in
American sculpture be-
tween the World Wars,
and the Lincoln
Library and Museum is
much enhanced by the
addition of his work.

The gift from the
agency heads included
as well two extremely
rare broadsides. The
first is an order con-
cerning the procession
in New York City for
Lincoln's funeral. It is
remarkable in that it
associates Lincoln's
name with desegrega-
tion at a very early
date.

The Joint Municipal
Committee in Charge of
Obsequies was com-
posed of appointees of
the Board of Aldermen
and the Board of
Councilmen. When
Negro representatives
requested a place in the
parade, arguing that
there was to be a place
even for the Presi-
dent's horse behind the hearse, the Committee turned them
down. Republicans charged that the Committee was Tam-
many controlled, and the New York Times put it very
succinctly: ". . . prejudice against color was supreme with a
majority of the committee." The President of the Board of
Police Commissioners, Thomas Acton, fought the decision.
Accounts differ in regard to whether Acton succeeded before
the appearance of the War Department order banning "dis-
crimination respecting color," or because of it. It seems likely
that the latter was the case, since newspaper reports of the de-
cision to allow Negroes in the procession coincided with the
appearance of the War Department order in the press. Though
widely reprinted in the newspapers, the order in its broadside
form is not mentioned in any of the standard accounts nor re-
produced in books on Lincoln's funeral. This may well be its
first publication.

Though as many as 5,000 Negroes had been reported ready
to march, only two hundred actually did so. Doubtless, many
felt intimidated by the obvious hostility of the local parade
authorities. Memories of lynchings and murders of blacks
during the draft riots just two years earlier were fresh enough
to make ominous the reported remark of one Committeeman
that the responsibility for allowing Negroes in the procession
would rest with the police. In the end, however, it was widely

(The Colovfrt people in the 3Procc.wio» (To-duy.

Wasiii.ncto.v, April I't, 1805.
^lajor-Genoral Joiix A. Di.v — It is tlio desire of the Secre-
tary of War that no discrimination respecting color should
be exercised in admitting persons to the funeral procession
to-morrow. In this city ;i Mack regiment formed part of
the escort.

C. A, DANA, Assistant Secretary of War.

Colored people, or their societies, who wish to join tlie
procession to-day, can do so by forming on West Reade
street by twelve o'clock, their right resting on Broadway.
Societies should appoint their own Marshals to j^reserve

order.

<^ljccial tfTimc ZnW tot ^mttnl ^xnin, en ^U$on '^iva
llailroail, to-tlau, 5::uc,s'clay, ^ptil 25.

4.00, P.M.

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4.4.3, "

5.00, "

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5.30, "

street, . . .

M.\NH.iTTAN, .
YOXKEUS, . .

DoBBs' Fekky,

Irvixgtox,

t.\rrttown, .

SrxG SixG, . .
Arrive Peekskill,
Leave PEEKSKrLi,,

Garrison's,

Cold Spring,

FiSHKILL, .

N. Hamburg, .
Arrive Povghkeefsie 7.25,
Leave Poughpeepsie 7.40,

Leave Hyde Park, .
Staatsburg,

RinXEBECK, .

Barrttown,

TlVOLI, . .

7.56, P.M.

8.08, "
8.24, "
8.40, "
8.52, "

Germantown, 9.10,

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G.33,

0.50,

7.00,

reported that the Negro
group was "the only
porticm of the proces-
sion which was re-
ceived with any demon-
strations of applause."
The second broad-
side stems from an
earlier period. It is the
"Plan of the House of
Representatives" for
the Thirtieth Con-
gress, the only Con-
gress in which Lincoln
served. In addition to a
diagram indicating the
seat of each Congress-
man, there is a list of
the residences in
Washington of every
Congressman at the
bottom. This broadside
will not only provide a
"feel" for Lincoln's
Washington surround-
ings but also a useful
tool for analysts of ear-
ly Congressional
voting, some of whom
have noted a high cor-
relation between voting
behavior and boarding-
house residence. It was
the custom for Con-
gressmen to leave their
families at home and
live with other Repre-
sentatives in one of
Washington's many
boarding houses. Mary
Todd Lincoln accom-
panied her husband to
Washington, but she
soon returned to her
home. Lincoln thought
that she hindered him
"some in attending to
business."

The House of
Representatives met in
what is now Statuary
Hall in the Capitol.
Though there were separate sides of the House for Whigs and
Democrats, Congressmen drew their seats by lot. Lincoln's
back-row seat was a function of bad luck, not of political
obscurity.

Lincoln's single term in national office before the Presi-
dency was memorable for him. He would remember his House
colleagues; Indiana's Caleb Blood Smith, for example, would
become Lincoln's Secretary of Interior. Even his boarding-
house keeper, Mrs. Sprigg, would be remembered. On July 21,
1864, Lincoln wrote his Secretary of Treasury: "The bearer of
this is a most estimable widow lady, at whose house I boarded
many years ago when a member of Congress. She now is very
needy; & any employment suitable to a lady could not be
bestowed on a more worthy person." She became a clerk in the
loan office of the Treasury Department.

The Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum is
indebted to Lincoln National Life's agency heads for the
generous gift of these items. We owe a special debt to Richard
B. Davies for his leadership as well as his personal generosity.
It is particularly fitting to have a visible symbol of the spirit of
cooperation and support for the Lincoln Library and Museum
provided by Lincoln National Life's agencies over the last
fifty years.

Catskill, . .

Arrive Hud.son", . .

Leave Htdson, . .

Stockport, .

coxsackie, .

StUYA'ESANT,

SCHOD.^CK, .

Castleton, .

9.27,

9.38,

9.41,

9.52,

10.00,

10.07,

10. 2G,

10.35,

Arrive East Albany 10.55,

(212)788-8597
FAX (2 1 2) 788-8589

Joan M. Nichols

Acquisitions Librarian
Municipal Reference
AND Research Center

DEPARTMENT OF RECORDS

AND INFORMATION SERVICES

31 CHAMBERS STREET, SUITE 1 1 1

NEW YORK. N. Y. 1 0007

AaguoL 10, 1992

Ms. Ruth E. Cook
Assistant to the Director
Iiincoln Library and Museum
IJOO South Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne, IN 46801

Dear Ms. Cook:

It is just a year since I attended the Federation of Genealogical
Societies conrerence in Fort Wayne and visited your library and
museum.

We had talked at that time about Lincoln's final trip to
Springfield and I told you that I would send you copies of two
records from the Municipal Archives.

At long last, I have made copies for you (not on acid-free
paper). The Municipal Archives has ten volumes of records of bodies
transported through New York City during the late 1^00 's. In the
description you will see the name of the "person having charge of the
body." P. Relyea was a New York City undertaker.

I am also sending you a description of this resource which just
appeared in the newsletter of the New York Genealogical and
Biographical Society.

The New York City Court of General Sessions also recorded the
Lincoln tragedy in a three-page memorial. (The third page would not
fit on one sheet).

I trust everything is fine in Fort Wayne. It was a pleasure
meeting you last year and seeing your facility. If you ever plan a
trip here, please let me know. We have just changed our telephone
system so I am enclosing a new business card.

Sincerely,

Joan Nichols

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Enc.

380 Mountain Rd. #805
Union City, NJ 07087

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B-Ann Moorhouse and Timothy Field Beard, the newest Fellows
of the Society (F.G.B.S). Story on page 9.

ANOTHER NEW YORK STATE PERIODICAL

The following title should be added to the list of New
York State Genealogical and Historical Periodicals in the
Newsletter Summer 1991 (Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 22-23; see also
Fall 1991, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 27):

Capital District Genealogical Society Newsletter, Box 2175
Empire State Plaza Station, Albany, NY 12220-0175 (qtly,
8 p.) nws,src,que (Albany, Columbia, Schenectady, Rensse-
laer cos.) [NY L AL13]

OBSOLETE TOWN NAMES

In the November-December 1991 issue oi Heritage Quest
(pp. 61-62), Loren G. Fay includes a useful list in his "New
York News" column. This list shows all the old [i.e.,
obsolete] town names which are included in the text of J.
H. French's 1860 Historical and Statistical Gazetteer of New
York State, but excluded from the index to that vital work.
Thus if you find that someone was born in 1812 in Bengal,
N.Y., and you can't find this town in French's index, refer-
ence to Mr. Fay's list will show that Bengal is an obsolete
name for the town of Vienna in Oneida County.

LECTURES AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE

Most of the lectures delivered at the Society in recent
years, including the annual Fall Lecture Series, have been
recorded on cassettes. Anyone visiting the Society is
welcome to listen to these tapes, which are kept in the
Library. We regret that it is impossible to make these
cassettes available outside of the Society's building.

Little-Publicized New York City Sources . . .

by B-Ann Moorhouse, C.G., F.G.B.S.

Bodies in Transit at the Municipal Archives of The
City of New York is a collection of records, kept only
during the years 1859 to 1894, in 10 volumes, now
available on microfilm at the Archives.

To aid in the prevention of communicable diseases,
the Board of Health of the City of New York required
that any body arriving in Manhattan via ship, train or
even local ferry be registered. Thus, the vacationer
who died out West and whose body was being shipped
back for burial in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brook-
lyn, the New Jersey resident or the Staten Island
housewife whose body was being shipped merely
across, the river for burial in Upstate New York, the
Civil War soldier and sailor whose bodies were being
shipped back to New England for burial, all were
registered with the City. The registration applies as
well to bodies being shipped in the opposite direction
through the City to the West and South, such as the
following entry* of especial interest which also serves
as an example of the information found in these
records:

Date of Passage

through New York:
Name:
Age:
Nativity:
Place of Death:
Date of Death:
Disease:

Place of Interment:
Name and Address of Person

Having Charge of the Body:

April 24, 1865
Lincoln, Abraham
56y2m
Kentucky
Washington, D.C.
April 15, 1865
pistol shot
Springfield, IIL

P. Relyea

Later minor changes were made in the columnar
headings, e.g., "Disease" changed to "Cause of
Death"; and by 1869 two more columns were added:
"Now at" (i.e., the location of the body) and "How
Certified" (by physician or coroner, etc.).

This is a source to be checked when the death
record is not found where expected, or the burial
record is found but not the death record.

* Brought to my attention by Kenneth R. Cobb, Director of the
Municipal Archives.

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August 17, 1992

Ms. Joan Nichols

380 Mountain Road #805

Union City NJ 07087

Dear Ms. Nichols:

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What a nice surprise on a dreary Monday ! Thank you so much for
sending the photocopies of records from the Municipal Archives. A real
interesting addition to the files on transporting Lincoln's body to
Springfield via Manhattan. Also, we appreciate the additional
photocopies of the record of adjournment of the New York, City Court of
General Sessions. What beautiful handwriting.

Even though it has been a year, I had your name in my suspense
file and just kept moving it up each month. It hardly seems that long
ago.

Again, I appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending this information
for our research library.

Sincerely,
Ruth E. Cook

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